A couple in their 50s from Beaver County, Pennsylvania, named Rick and Karen Foerster came to the Trump Rally in Butler County at 9 a.m. on Saturday and waited in the sweltering 90-degree weather until the gates opened at 1 p.m. The heat overwhelmed Karen as the performance started, making her ill. Her journey took her to Butler Memorial Hospital, which was located about 11 miles away from the scene.
The Foersters were still in the emergency department when word leaked out that Donald Trump had just sustained a head wound. The news sent shockwaves across the waiting area, where the Foersters and others had also attended the demonstration or had acquaintances there.
“Ms. Foerster and the nurse were in shock. According to the Epoch Times, “a woman they encountered in the waiting area started weeping as soon as she slumped against the wall.” “They were concerned about the safety of their friends who remained at the event. What did they see, too?”
As Ms. Foerster stated to The Epoch Times, “What an awful, horrible thing to behold.”
The gunman quickly murdered 50-year-old Corey Comperatore at the protest. Airlifted to Allegheny General Hospital on Pittsburgh’s North Side were two rallygoers who had suffered grave injuries. Trump arrived at Butler Memorial in a motorcade after sustaining no major injuries.
The hospital lockdown began as soon as the motorcade arrived. As Secret Service agents exited the premises and looked around, Rick took out his phone and recorded the event.
Anxiety and fear permeate the waiting room’s atmosphere throughout the video. “Sure, sure. My friend witnessed blood flowing out of his skull, and we were in the front row,” Rick begins.
“Oh my God!” exclaims a lady. “Oh, Jesus.”
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The people in the waiting room then prayed for the former president.
Courtesy of Rick Foerster pic.twitter.com/0A8IBFNT84
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Next, President Trump gets out of the car. People yell, “Oh, thank God, he’s walking,” and “There he is.”
“He’s moving! He’s moving!” Rick exclaims with excitement. Immediately, the atmosphere changes from deep sadness to joy, and one patient even gets out of a wheelchair to greet the former president.
Even though the audience only gets to see a few distant frames of Trump, the witnesses’ joy and relief are infectious.
Author: Steven Sinclaire
